Why finance firms must fall back in love with direct mail
For financial services companies, cold direct mail has always been a major source for finding new customers, yet in my…
GDPR
Law firm launches group action over BA data breach
The GDPR compensation lawyers have wasted little time in pouncing on British Airways following last week’s data breach, with SPG…
British Airways grovels as 380,000 hit by data breach
British Airways has been forced to issue a grovelling apology – and has rushed out full-page press ads in today’s…
MyLife Digital secures £6m funding for expansion drive
MyLife Digital, the data analytics firm behind Wood for Trees and Insight Analysis, has secured a further £6m in funding…
Data-savvy consumers giving marketers a rough ride
No-one ever said that marketing in the GDPR era was going to be easy but consumer empowerment seems to have…
Merkle appoints Rice as first data protection officer
Data-driven marketing giant Merkle has recruited former ICO chief Simon Rice to the dedicated role of data protection officer for…
Data breach complaints soar by 160% in three months
Complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office about potential data breaches have more than doubled since GDPR-Day, according to new figures…
Privacy chief Denham caught up in endorsement row
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has been left red faced following reports that a data protection book she had provided a…
Are you lagging behind with legitimate interests?
If you are old enough to remember the UK’s only 100-metre Olympic gold medallist, Linford Christie, his mantra was to…
Revealed: the top five GDPR compliance failings in UK
The top five GDPR failings have been revealed in a new study which claims to lift the lid on the…